Population in the United Arab Emirates compared to Zimbabwe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	UAE	Zimbabwe	UAE	Zimbabwe
1960	131,334	3,809,389	-	-
1961	137,989	3,930,401	5.07%	3.18%
1962	144,946	4,055,959	5.04%	3.19%
1963	152,211	4,185,877	5.01%	3.2%
1964	159,692	4,320,006	4.91%	3.2%
1965	167,103	4,458,462	4.64%	3.2%
1966	173,976	4,601,217	4.11%	3.2%
1967	179,700	4,748,307	3.29%	3.2%
1968	199,416	4,900,440	11%	3.2%
1969	239,660	5,058,181	20.2%	3.22%
1970	286,536	5,215,918	19.6%	3.12%
1971	335,027	5,374,712	16.9%	3.04%
1972	385,014	5,542,445	14.9%	3.12%
1973	436,399	5,720,404	13.3%	3.21%
1974	489,087	5,908,328	12.1%	3.29%
1975	542,856	6,098,658	11%	3.22%
1976	615,866	6,287,105	13.4%	3.09%
1977	710,209	6,449,512	15.3%	2.58%
1978	809,274	6,543,575	13.9%	1.46%
1979	912,010	6,647,556	12.7%	1.59%
1980	1,015,700	7,041,303	11.4%	5.92%
1981	1,099,855	7,498,635	8.29%	6.49%
1982	1,166,370	7,796,496	6.05%	3.97%
1983	1,235,305	8,098,404	5.91%	3.87%
1984	1,305,996	8,391,488	5.72%	3.62%
1985	1,377,911	8,686,813	5.51%	3.52%
1986	1,467,383	8,982,578	6.49%	3.4%
1987	1,574,244	9,284,644	7.28%	3.36%
1988	1,681,788	9,583,094	6.83%	3.21%
1989	1,789,851	9,864,798	6.43%	2.94%
1990	1,898,220	10,137,281	6.05%	2.76%
1991	2,006,626	10,404,816	5.71%	2.64%
1992	2,114,730	10,702,700	5.39%	2.86%
1993	2,222,093	10,860,288	5.08%	1.47%
1994	2,328,188	10,873,148	4.77%	0.12%
1995	2,434,662	10,974,599	4.57%	0.93%
1996	2,597,564	11,158,360	6.69%	1.67%
1997	2,817,410	11,369,827	8.46%	1.9%
1998	3,040,421	11,594,297	7.92%	1.97%
1999	3,266,009	11,783,458	7.42%	1.63%
2000	3,493,575	11,892,055	6.97%	0.92%
2001	3,723,590	11,971,901	6.58%	0.67%
2002	3,956,826	12,087,653	6.26%	0.97%
2003	4,192,457	12,232,323	5.96%	1.2%
2004	4,428,967	12,365,896	5.64%	1.09%
2005	4,664,790	12,483,432	5.32%	0.95%
2006	5,009,100	12,636,445	7.38%	1.23%
2007	5,624,635	12,804,058	12.3%	1.33%
2008	6,302,664	12,959,149	12.1%	1.21%
2009	6,707,058	13,142,790	6.42%	1.42%
2010	6,869,838	13,356,548	2.43%	1.63%
2011	7,104,538	13,595,424	3.42%	1.79%
2012	7,391,448	13,817,887	4.04%	1.64%
2013	7,693,031	14,013,808	4.08%	1.42%
2014	8,059,440	14,207,359	4.76%	1.38%
2015	8,505,237	14,399,013	5.53%	1.35%
2016	8,935,095	14,600,294	5.05%	1.4%
2017	9,223,225	14,812,482	3.22%	1.45%
2018	9,346,701	15,034,452	1.34%	1.5%
2019	9,445,785	15,271,368	1.06%	1.58%
2020	9,401,038	15,526,888	-0.47%	1.67%
2021	9,575,152	15,797,210	1.85%	1.74%
2022	10,074,977	16,069,056	5.22%	1.72%
2023	10,483,751	16,340,822	4.06%	1.69%
2024	10,876,981	16,634,373	3.75%	1.8%
2025	11,191,510	16,950,805	2.89%	1.9%
2026	11,417,074	17,273,591	2.02%	1.9%
2027	11,595,528	17,600,621	1.56%	1.89%
2028	11,750,055	17,932,015	1.33%	1.88%
2029	11,890,496	18,268,967	1.2%	1.88%
2030	12,024,613	18,610,356	1.13%	1.87%
2031	12,159,255	18,956,207	1.12%	1.86%
2032	12,298,043	19,311,368	1.14%	1.87%
2033	12,440,531	19,675,929	1.16%	1.89%
2034	12,586,327	20,041,125	1.17%	1.86%
2035	12,734,906	20,409,159	1.18%	1.84%
2036	12,885,831	20,778,662	1.19%	1.81%
2037	13,038,803	21,144,748	1.19%	1.76%
2038	13,193,613	21,512,919	1.19%	1.74%
2039	13,349,897	21,881,123	1.18%	1.71%
2040	13,507,317	22,250,123	1.18%	1.69%
2041	13,665,875	22,627,428	1.17%	1.7%
2042	13,825,473	23,000,906	1.17%	1.65%
2043	13,986,029	23,371,301	1.16%	1.61%
2044	14,147,509	23,740,630	1.15%	1.58%
2045	14,309,823	24,102,391	1.15%	1.52%
2046	14,473,950	24,462,491	1.15%	1.49%
2047	14,641,700	24,816,449	1.16%	1.45%
2048	14,812,411	25,168,419	1.17%	1.42%
2049	14,984,754	25,518,513	1.16%	1.39%
2050	15,158,142	25,866,397	1.16%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th most populous country in 2005 and is 86th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the United Arab Emirates' population will grow by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people with a rank change from 86th to 84th. The population of Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.